{"id":83800,"date":"2019-07-27T13:51:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T18:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=83800"},"modified":"2019-07-27T13:51:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T18:51:10","slug":"collectibles-column-5-count-podcasters-talk-wrestling-memorabilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/07\/27\/collectibles-column-5-count-podcasters-talk-wrestling-memorabilia\/","title":{"rendered":"COLLECTIBLES COLUMN 5 COUNT: Podcasters Talk Wrestling Memorabilia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3369190546\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>What\u2019s your favorite piece of wrestling memorabilia?<\/p>\n<p>For hardcore collectors, it might be an autograph, a rare action figure, or a piece of ring-worn memorabilia. For long-time fans, it could be a photograph, a program, or a rare VHS tape.<\/p>\n<p>About a dozen wrestling podcasters were contacted and asked to share their favorite pieces of wrestling memorabilia. Five of those podcasters\u2019 responses are featured in this week\u2019s PWTorch.com Collectibles Column. More responses will be shared in an upcoming column.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Brian Breaker, Baker and Bayn\u2019s Power Hour: \u201cI don\u2019t have a ton of memorabilia that I have kept, but one thing I do have is a 2012 Royal Rumble chair, and a big reason I have it is because that weekend was the last time I was an extra from WWE before being signed. And another fun fact: It is the chair that I sit in while I record the podcast.<\/li>\n<li>Matt Koon, Total Engagement with Matt Koon: \u201cI\u2019ve started to accumulate more collectibles than I ever thought I would. I can\u2019t really say it\u2019s mine, because it\u2019s my son\u2019s as well. Since I\u2019ve been involved with Starrcast from the jump, I do have a bit of Starrcast\/AEW merch and shwag; most I paid for, some was gifted. This includes a piece of the mat from all in framed and signed by the (Young) Bucks and Cody, and a Double or Nothing that I was lucky enough to get Cody, Kenny (Omega), and Dustin (Rhodes) to sign. But the coolest piece of merch we own is something I lucked into in an auction. There was an episode of Raw a couple years back that had a segment that had (Mick) Foley wearing the world\u2019s ugliest Christmas sweater, (Chris) Jericho, (Kevin) Owens, and a shark cage. We own that sweater Foley wore in that segment. It is a weird, prized possession.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Mike Mills, Booking the Territory Pro Wrestling Podcast: \u201cMy most prized possessions are probably the library of video I have accumulated because of BTT. Thanks to long-time listener and BTT hall of fame member Tim, I have tons of complete libraries of content: Mid-South, NWA Worldwide from \u201884 on through \u201889, WCCW, Memphis, SMW, Saturday night on TBS, etc.; it&#8217;s impossible for me to list it all. I could go on and on. I&#8217;ll never be able to watch it all until I retire one day. \u2026 Acquiring the Mid-South stuff is most sentimental. There&#8217;s nothing like watching those old shows and thinking back to a simpler time as a kid watching Mid-South. What I love about doing BTT is tied into tapes and content. Reliving those mid-80s shows on our Saturday Night shows and reliving those Mid-South shows on my Mid-South show with Brian Last just reminds me of those simple times when we watched wrestling to enjoy and weren&#8217;t so worried about the booking or star ratings.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Bruce Mitchell, Pro Wrestling Torch. \u201cGary Hart autobiography complete with unwanted pencil graffiti from WCW announcer Chris Cruise. Autographed manuscript-style copy of Lou Thesz\u2019s autobiography, \u2018Hooker.\u2019 An inadvertent photo in the hardcover Ric Flair autobiography. My high school senior class president appearing on (Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling) studio show as one of new U.S. Champion Greg Valentine\u2019s valets. The Green Lantern Four Horseman variant cover. I collect DVDs of bootleg footage mostly and books. And last year I bought a selfie with Duke \u2018the Dumpster\u2019 Droese and I was wearing a Duke (University) shirt. I never buy those, but &#8230;\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/4_Mitchell.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-83802 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/4_Mitchell-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/4_Mitchell-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/4_Mitchell-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/4_Mitchell.jpeg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Scott Toon, The Fully Poseable Wrestling Figure Podcast: \u201cMy favorite piece of wrestling memorabilia is actually a collection of items that Jef, my brother and host of The Fully Poseable Wrestling Figure Podcast, purchased from Kevin Steen for me back in Christmas 2012. The knee brace and shirt were both worn by Kevin Steen (Owens) at Final Battle 2010 against El Generico; the shirt is signed by both of them, while the knee brace is signed by Kevin Steen. He threw in the signed picture as a bonus, and even left a personal message on it. He also threw in a few T-shirts for us. I had it framed a few months after I received it, and it hangs in my hallway upstairs so I can see it every day. Kevin Steen is easily one of the nicest wrestlers in the business today, and constantly goes out of his way for his fans &#8211; this set is proof of that\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/5_Toon.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-83803 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/5_Toon-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/5_Toon-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/5_Toon-326x245.jpeg 326w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/5_Toon-80x60.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/5_Toon.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THE PRIOR COLUMN:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/07\/17\/collectibles-column-5-count-allen-ginter-wrestling-cards\/\">COLLECTIBLES COLUMN 5 COUNT: Allen &amp; Ginter Wrestling Cards<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>What is your favorite piece of wrestling memorabilia? Join in the conversation by contacting PWTorch Collectibles Specialist Michael Moore on Twitter @MMooreWriter, or contact him at <a href=\"mailto:michaelmoorewriter@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">michaelmoorewriter@gmail.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3513348667\"><div id=\"pwtor-2725478587\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>What\u2019s your favorite piece of wrestling memorabilia? For hardcore collectors, it might be an autograph, a rare action figure, or a piece of ring-worn memorabilia. For long-time fans, it could be a photograph, a program, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/07\/27\/collectibles-column-5-count-podcasters-talk-wrestling-memorabilia\/\" title=\"COLLECTIBLES COLUMN 5 COUNT: Podcasters Talk Wrestling Memorabilia\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,52,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-specialists_collectibles","category-opnionandanalysis","category-specialists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/07\/Collectibles_GreenLantern.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83804,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83800\/revisions\/83804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}